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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Auditor General South Africa on the 2014/15 sector outcomes
15 Apr 2016
The Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP) toilets which the Department of Human Settlements had built were found to have so many structural defects that one had to hold on to the seat in order not to fall off, and in one instance, half a plastic ginger beer bottle had been passed ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Progress with its efficiency drives: Office of the Chief Procurement Officer briefing
13 Apr 2016
Members again lamented the late submission of the presentation document, which meant they were unable to fact check or facilitate public participation on the information. National Treasury apologised and the Committee resolved to take the matter up with the Director General of National Treasury.
The Office of the Chief Procurement ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Treasury on its 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance
12 Apr 2016
Members were critical of the fact that once again they had received the presentation documents late, and the National Treasury apologised and undertook that this would not happen again. National Treasury (NT) then presented the expenditure for the third quarter (Q3) of 2015/16. Total voted expenditure was R513.9 billion. R345 ...
Health
Department of Health 2016 plans and budget: Financial & Fiscal Commission analysis; Medical Research Council on 2016 Annual Performance Plan and budget
6 Apr 2016
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) provided an analysis of the budget and strategic plan of the Department of Health and its entities, providing some statistics on the spending and grants. It was noted that South Africa spent 8% of its Gross Domestic Product on health, on par with spending ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Development Plan alignment with Medium Term Strategic Framework & progress 2014/15: Parliamentary Budget Office assessment
5 Apr 2016
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) reviewed the NDP in order to assess where it was in the achievement of its targets. The NDP was the guiding framework for budgetary allocations and South Africa's planning framework. There was no oversight of the NDP by Parliament at present. Perhaps it was time ...
Health
Information sharing on health with New Zealand delegation
16 Mar 2016
The Committee welcomed an information sharing with a delegation of Members of Parliament from New Zealand on their way to a conference in Zambia. The Chairperson explained the structure of South Africa's government briefly and expressed the importance of the Portfolio Committee on Health in their role of ensuring the ...
Health
Public Health Facilities audit results: Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) briefing
16 Mar 2016
The Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) presented its 2014/15 findings on health facilities in South Africa. Approximately 10% of all healthcare facilities in the country were inspected, although the OHSC’s aim is to inspect 25% of the facilities. The report focused on the Primary Healthcare Clinics (PHCs) and hospitals ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B2-2016]: adoption of Committee Report
15 Mar 2016
The Committee considered and adopted its Report on the Division of Revenue Bill.
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B2-2016]: public hearings
11 Mar 2016
At the outset, the Chairperson allowed time for the Democratic Alliance to air its views on the process that the Committee was following. The DA had raised issues in a previous meeting that it did not believe that the presentations were in line with either the Constitution or the Parliamentary ...
Health
Minister of Health on Zika Virus & Typhoid Fever preparedness and response
9 Mar 2016
The Minister of Health briefed the Committee on the Zika virus in South Africa. It was transmitted to humans through a mosquito vector, Aedes. There was no evidence of human to human transmission. Over 34 countries had been affected mostly in South America and of key concern was the risk ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2016 Division of Revenue Bill: South African Local Government Association comments & input from National Treasury
2 Mar 2016
The meeting began with deliberations about the legality of the meeting itself. Members of the DA, including Shadow Minister of Finance, Mr D Maynier (who was sitting in on the meeting), argued that the meeting was inconsistent with the Constitution as it was out of place in terms of the ...
Health
Committee Programme; Oversight Reports
24 Feb 2016
The Committee met to complete the adoption of four of its oversight visit reports to Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Eastern Cape and Free State. Members made both minor and substantive corrections to the reports. On the agenda was also the adoption of minutes from November 2015 and from their most recent meeting ...